Resources listing

Report

Healthcare in the Penitentiary System/სამედიცინო მომსახურეობა პენიტენციურ სისტემაში – Desk Research/სამაგიდე კვლევა

The publication has been produced by Rehabilitation Initiative of Vulnerable Groups (Author: Merab Kavtaradze) within the framework of the EU funded project “Monitoring Government’s Commitments and Promoting Penal Reforms through the Engagement of CSOs” which is implemented by Penal Reform International South Caucasus Regional Office. The studies and reports of 2014-2017 discuss number of issues […]

Languages: English, Georgian

Report

Prison Staff/ციხის პერსონალი – Desk research/სამაგიდე კვლევა

The publication has been produced by Rehabilitation Initiative of Vulnerable Groups (Author: Natalia Tsagareli) within the framework of the EU funded project “Monitoring Government’s Commitments and Promoting Penal Reforms through the Engagement of CSOs” which is implemented by Penal Reform International South Caucasus Regional Office. In order to ensure the optimal management of the prison, […]

Languages: English, Georgian

Submission

Oral statement to the 2018 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting

Penal Reform International delivered an oral statement on the importance of the Nelson Mandela Rules – the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners – for preventing torture and ill-treatment, at the 2018 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. The statement highlights how full implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules, together with the […]

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External Resource

Resources: 2018 World Day Against the Death Penalty

On 10 October 2018, the 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty will take place. This year, the aim of the World Day is to raise awareness of the inhumane living conditions of people sentenced to death. Although people on death row are entitled to the same basic rights and treatment conditions as other categories of prisoners, […]

Languages: English

Guidelines

Guidance Document on the Nelson Mandela Rules

Produced by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Penal Reform International (PRI), this document provides guidance for implementing the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the UN Nelson Mandela Rules. The Guidance Document is the result of a joint project by ODIHR and PRI that is designed to […]

Languages: English, Georgian

Annual Report

PRI’s Annual Report 2017

PRI’s Annual Report 2017 outlines the impact of our work and achievements over the past year. Read the report online or download it below: Highlights in 2017 included: Publication of Global Prison Trends 2017 – the third in our annual flagship series – which highlighted the links between criminal justice and the Sustainable Development Goals. Our Middle East and […]

Languages: English

Briefing

Detention Monitoring Tool: Incident management and independent investigations

Deaths or serious injuries of persons in custody, disappearances of individuals, and allegations or indications of torture and other forms of ill-treatment can be summarised as ‘serious incidents’ in custody, which can have a variety of different causes. This Factsheet is intended to give guidance to monitoring bodies in assessing whether the prison authorities have […]

Languages: Armenian, Arabic, English, Georgian, Russian

Guidelines

Пособие для судей / A Manual for Judges

This publication, Пособие для судей по рассмотрению уголовных дел в отношении уязвимых категорий лиц в соответствии с международными стандартами в области защиты прав человека (A manual for judges on criminal cases related to vulnerable groups in accordance with the international standards in the area of protection of human rights) was prepared by ex-judge Kisikova Daniya Ganievna and developed […]

Languages: Russian

Guidelines

Mental health in prison: A short guide for prison staff

Over 10.35 million people are in prison globally, and prisoners have a disproportionately high rate of mental ill-health; research suggests that around one in seven prisoners has a serious mental health condition. This guide, which was produced with the financial assistance of Matrix Chambers, as well as contributions from a range of international and national […]

Languages: Arabic, English, Georgian